What day of the week do traditionalists consider a bad day to start a long offshore voyage?
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Congratulations to Butch Hartman of Atlanta, GA who correctly answered that “East is Least and West is Best” is a way to remember how to apply compass variation when converting a course on a chart from True to Magnetic.